Linkpost | 1.25.2013

• Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday – The Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to the DMCA, declared cell phone unlocking is illegal but set up a 90 day window before this ruling went into effect. The window closes Saturday. Unlock while it’s not yet a crime.

• Belkin to buy Linksys router maker from Cisco – Cisco was looking to get out of the consumer business, and Belkin’s happy to help. Belkin is privately held, and the purchase price was not disclosed. The deal closes in March. Belkin will end up with 30 percent of the U.S. home and small business networking market.